Star Chart’s Edge

Chapter 53: Landing on Tokta

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The huge Tokta planet exudes dark brown light, and the lines of alternating dark and light lines make the entire Tokta planet full of mystery and beauty.

A tractor-trailer quickly headed towards the planet Tokta. In front of the huge planet Tokta, the tractor-trailer was like an inconspicuous little black spot that seemed to disappear.

"The speed is too fast. It is not recommended to enter the atmosphere." Wang Mumu held the joystick attentively and reminded everyone, "Should we use the thruster to slow down?"

"No need." Li Ziming took a sip of rum and shook his head. "I want to use the aerodynamic power of the tractor to save fuel."

Everyone here understood what Li Ziming meant. Without the support of the Nanmen ship, it means that the fuel of the tractor will no longer be supplied. In an unfamiliar environment, the fuel reserve of the tractor determines their chance of survival. .

"Air brake?" Blake frowned, obviously he didn't understand what this meant.

Blake looked at Fang Mobei, Gu Yiyi and others beside him, and saw them sitting silently on their seats and fastening their seat belts.

"Everyone wants to go down quickly, right?" Li Ziming said calmly.

"But we want to go down intact," Fang Mobei said solemnly.

"Sit tight." After Li Ziming drank all the rum in the cup, the cup automatically adsorbed on the console next to him and remained motionless.

Blake felt the tractor's fuselage shaking more and more. He sat back in the chair in fear and fastened his seat belt, staring at Li Ziming. "Is it really reliable to drive under the influence..."

"Everyone be prepared"

"NoNoNo!"

As soon as Li Ziming finished speaking, before Blake could fully prepare his mind, the tractor plunged into the atmosphere of the planet Tokta like a meteorite. The tractor was shaking violently with a layer of red high temperature. .

"I suggest slowing down." Mu Mu's cheeks were already reddened by the high temperature. He looked at the red ion glass in front of him and said nervously.

"You are not allowed to operate without permission. I have only crashed once in my life, because I slowed down at the wrong time," Li Ziming said loudly. "Sometimes being too cautious can be like driving recklessly, and you will die without a burial place."

"Li Ziming, it's too fast!" Blake shouted as he stared ahead with his eyes wide open. At this time, Fang Mobei and Gu Yiyi were looking ahead with calm expressions, as if what happened here had nothing to do with them. The relationship is average.

"He's measured," Fang Mobei said after glancing at Blake.

At this time, a data overload alarm sounded in the tractor, making Blake, who was already afraid of this experience, even more frightened.

"Do you need me to turn off the data feedback?" Mu Mu reminded him, he had 200% trust in Brother Ming.

"No, I need to feel the airflow and various data," Li Ziming said calmly.

As the tow plane continued to fly, the reddish high temperature on the ion glass gradually faded. The speed of the tow plane was also slowed down by the resistance of the atmosphere, but the shaking of the body became more intense.

"We're almost there," Li Ziming said.

Immediately, the clouds and fog in front of the tractor gradually dispersed, and the reddish-brown mountains and ravines in the distance came into view.

"It's all rocks and there's no water source," Mu Mu said.

“There are still 1,600 meters to go”

"Have you located the beacon?" Fang Mobei asked.

"Beacon located"

"Can you do it manually?"

"I have to find a way to slow down!" As he said that, Li Ziming pressed some buttons on the console next to him one after another. "I'm going to spiral down to the ground. Everyone, sit tight."

As soon as he finished speaking, before everyone could react, the entire tractor-trailer crashed to the ground in a high-speed rotation. The bodies of everyone in the cabin shifted to the right under the huge rotation speed, and their hands firmly grasped the seats. The armrests at the bottom of the chair.

"There are still eight hundred meters left," Mumu reminded.

"Mumu, get ready, get ready." The huge inertia oppressed the bodies of Li Ziming and Mumu. They still struggled to wake up under the inertia brought by such a large speed.

“Six hundred meters left”

Looking at the ground getting closer and closer, everyone's hearts were already in their throats. Even a physical practitioner like Fang Mobei would find it difficult to protect himself when hitting the ground at such a high speed.

"Light the fire!" Li Ziming shouted loudly.

Just after Li Ziming pressed the ignition button, a powerful propulsion force was ejected from the bottom of the tractor, and the bodies of everyone in the cabin suddenly leaned forward uncontrollably.

The rocks and soil under the tractor formed a powerful airflow in front of its huge propulsion force, sweeping hundreds of meters in radius. In an instant, a thick layer of sand and dust was stirred up among the flying sand and rocks around the tractor. The adjusted tractor landed smoothly on the ground.

Everyone in the cabin felt as comfortable as after a disaster. Only Blake glanced sideways at Li Ziming and said, "Very elegant."

"No, it's just very efficient," Li Ziming said with a smile.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up." After the tractor landed, Fang Mobei quickly removed his seat belt and walked toward the rear hatch.

"Remember to send us the air and environmental data," Gu Yiyi said and led everyone to follow Fang Mobei towards the pressure relief cabin at the rear.

Fang Mobei was walking on the hard sand and gravel, looking at the endless brown-red mountains and ravines in the distance, and was extremely shocked.

"It's this way." After Gu Yiyi looked at the position of the beacon in the helmet, she stepped forward and said to Fang Mobei, "It's about 600 meters away from the beacon. It seems to be at a mountain col."

After determining the target, Fang Mobei's team galloped through the wilderness. Since the gravity here was only 70% of the Earth's, their movement speed was greatly increased.

"I'm still not used to the gravity here," Blake sighed.

"That dog just had a great time eating shit and throwing it," Qi Jingyu joked.

Although the straight-line distance is six hundred meters, since they are located on the other side of this hill, they need to travel more than a thousand meters to reach the beacon point. But even if it is a distance of more than a thousand meters, when Fang Mobei and others are like this In front of a physical practitioner, it only takes a cup of tea.

"The air data and temperature data here have been sent to you," Li Ziming said to Fang Mobei and others through the communicator. "The oxygen content is 28%~30%, and the rest is nitrogen, but it is not recommended that you leave the spacesuit."

"It's strange that there is no vegetation under such a sufficient amount of oxygen." Gu Yiyi frowned and said, "There may be some factors inhibiting the growth of vegetation here."

"More detailed sampling cannot be done with the simple equipment on the tractor," Li Ziming said while observing the data displayed on the side screen.

"We need to conduct a comprehensive terrain survey on Tokta as soon as possible," Fang Mobei said in the communication channel, "The tractor needs to be hidden as soon as possible."

"It's right in front" Gu Yiyi said, pointing to a huge container in front.

Following Gu Yiyi's words, Fang Mobei and others soon saw the specific metal box located at their ten o'clock direction. The box was brown-red, and one-third of it had been buried by sand.

As Fang Mobei and others gradually approached, three mechanical soldiers appeared behind the box and pointed their guns at everyone in warning. The two mechanical engineers behind them were using simple engineer shovels to scoop up sand and cover the box.

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After seeing that it was Fang Mobei and others, the mechanical soldiers put away their weapons and saluted everyone.

Fang Mobei stood on the container looking at the endless wasteland around him and fell into deep thought.

"Something feels wrong." Gu Yiyi looked at Blake and others checking the supplies in the container.

The most important items in the container were the items they found in the wreckage of the Zeus: ten GT-1 mechas.

"It's just the calm before the storm," Fang Mobei said in a deep voice, "Just wait, what is supposed to come will eventually come."

Gu Yiyi looked at the data in her hand and said, "There are no stars around this lonely planet. It is impossible to make it so bright just by relying on the faint light emitted by a star in the Nanmen II galaxy."

The interstellar space where Tokta Star is located is in the middle of the solar system and the Nanmen Galaxy. No matter where the light comes from, it appears to be very weak. However, the Tokta Star that Fang Mobei and others saw from the universe is A bright planet. At that time, they were attracted by the wreckage of Zeus and Titan and did not discover this phenomenon. Now that they think about it, it is too unbelievable.

"Planet Tokta is a very strange planet. We can't treat it with common sense." Fang Mobei withdrew his distant gaze and looked at Black and others and the mechanical engineers who were setting up camp in the valley. "Mina, analyze this place." The sand and gravel must be extremely special to be able to breed creatures like Titan."

"Received, I'll take a sample immediately"

"Jingyu, set up the detector. I want a topographic map here. The more detailed the better," Fang Mobei greeted Qi Jingyu.

After Gu Yiyi looked at Mina and Qi Jingyu who acted immediately, she said to Mobei, "I'll make a rectangular cordon" and walked towards the container.

"Pay attention to safety," Fang Mobei said, looking at Gu Yiyi's back.

The temporary camp has been completed under the construction of Black and others. The camp is based on containers and has three cabins in the front and rear. The cabins at both ends are pressure relief cabins, and the middle cabin is a rest area. Ten GT-1 mechas are arranged in it.

In the rest cabin, Fang Mobei looked at the air data in front of him. The ammonia content in the air far exceeded the safe value. Once people are exposed to the air, they will be in danger of ammonia poisoning.

The terrain data sent back by Qi Jingyu has gradually formed under the projection of Saihu. Gu Yiyi is driving a mountain bike in the wilderness. Monitoring beacons have been inserted in a radius of 5 kilometers, and the surrounding pictures have been successively transmitted to Fang Mo. On the display screen on the north side.

"There are still 8 places left. I will be back after inserting the beacon." Gu Yiyi's voice sounded in Fang Mobei's headset.

"Did you find anything?"

“Besides sandstone or sandstone”

"Be careful, I have asked Miyazakigawa and Qi Jingyu to distribute booby traps," Fang Mobei said, looking at the positions of Qi Jingyu and Miyazakigawa on the terrain map.

"It's too quiet, I feel a little scared," Qi Jingyu said.

"I feel like we are being watched." Mina shook her head. She really couldn't think of any way the enemy was watching them.

"Didn't the biological detector detect it?"

"No"

"Did Li Ziming find anything up there?" Fang Mobei asked with a frown.

"Captain Fang, I didn't find anything here. It's so quiet." Li Ziming frowned and looked at the planet Tokta. "Do you want to mobilize unmanned fighter planes to support you? Conduct a fire reconnaissance?"

"I don't recommend doing this. We should keep a low profile until the investigation is clear. At least we haven't been attacked yet," Gu Yiyi's voice came.